Oh what a joy
when loved ones
are found that were deemed lost forever,
and what great sadness,
when the path to them is blocked!

Really, where does one go
when half of the North American continent becomes poisoned, when nuclear fallout
is carried by jet streams to the populous East? The world suddenly becomes
smaller, the sanctuaries fewer. Sailing to Hawaii, the protagonist and his
friends, three people fleeing the 'storm,' find the islands still somewhat of an
oasis in a world of ever-growing tragedy. However, the relative security lasts
only until the big refugee boats arrive. However, literally on the last day the
growing darkness becomes replaced by the great joy of a discovery of the
location of their lost families, though their path to them remains blocked.

The story, The House
of the Sun, is a double love story unfolding in the background to an
Armageddon that seems deceptively distant in Hawaii. The story is a chapter from
the novel, Brighter than the Sun, by Rolf A. F. Witzsche.